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French Major Checklist and 4-Year Plan

French Major Checklist

These are all of the courses you'll be required to take in order to graduate with a French major. Note that you'll also be required to complete an 18-credit minor in addition to the courses you need for your degree.

Major Courses for French & Francophone Studies Concentration

    FREN 201 - Intermediate French
    FREN 202 - French for Reading
    FREN 311 - Introduction French and Francophone Literature
    FREN 361 - Advanced French I
    FREN 362 - Advanced French II
    FREN 421 - France and the Francophone World OR FREN 422 - Topics in the Francophone World
    FREN 471 - Survey of French Literature I
    FREN electives: 12 credit hours of FREN electives at the 300/400 level

Choose one course from the following:

    FREN 424 - Sociocultural Context of Louisiana French
    FREN 460 - Advanced Composition and Stylistics
    FREN 465 - Introduction to French Linguistics
    FREN 466 - History of the French Language

Choose one course from the following:

    FREN 425 - Francophone Oral Literature
    FREN 470 - Francophone Maghreb
    FREN 485 - Francophone Belgium
    FREN 481 - Quebec
    FREN 491 - Francophone Antilles and the Indian Ocean
    FREN 492 - Francophone Louisiana
    FREN 495 - Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa

French 4-Year Plan

Every French major is unique, and our program is designed to place you into the correct French course from the beginning and give you the personal attention you need to thrive.

Your Academic Advisor is the person best suited to help you choose the courses you need to stay on track. Many of our French majors study abroad, and this requires special considerations that must be made on a case-by-case basis. Therefore, the French and Francophone concentration does not have a single recommended path.

At the beginning of your first semester in French, you will take the Placement Exam to place you into the correct level of French.

French Grammar courses following a strict sequence, and each course must be taken in order. The Placement Exam will place you into the correct course for your level, and once you complete that course, you will receive credit for the previous courses in the sequence. You will then take each of the remaining courses in order. The French grammar sequence in order is:
FREN 101
FREN 102
FREN 201
FREN 202
FREN 361 (offered in Fall)
FREN 362 (offered in Spring)

If you complete FREN 202 in the Spring, you should take FREN 361 in the Fall. If you complete FREN 202 in the Fall, you should take FREN 316 in the Spring and then FREN 361 the following fall.

Freshman Year

FRENCH: You will take two or three French courses in your first year, depending on which course you place into on the Placement Exam.

UNIV 100 – First Year Seminar (3 credits)
ENGL 101 – Introduction to Academic Writing (3 credits)
ENGL 102 – Writing and Research About Culture (3 credits)
MATH 102 – Quantitative Reasoning (3 credits) or MATH 105 – Applied College Algebra (3 credits)
Math Elective (3 credits): Choose from MATH 206, MATH 210, or STAT 214
History Elective (3 credits): Choose in consultation with advisor.
History Elective (3 credits)
Behavioral Sciences Elective (3 credits): Choose from ANTH, CJUS, ECON, GEOG, POLS, PSYC, or SOCI. At least three hours of behavioral science electives must be at the 200 level or above.

Total: 30 credits

Sophomore Year

FRENCH: You will continue to take two to four French courses following the sequence of required courses and electives in consultation with your advisor.

Science Elective (3 credits): Science electives are to be chosen from both biological (BIOL) and physical (CHEM, GEOL, PHYS) sciences, two courses of which must come from the same science.
Science Elective (3 credits)
Behavioral Science Elective (3 credits): Choose from ANTH, CJUS, ECON, GEOG, POLS, PSYC, or SOCI. At least three hours of behavioral science electives must be at the 200 level or above.
English Literature Elective (3 credits): Choose from ENGL 201, 202, 205, 206, 210, 211, 212, 215, or 216.
English Literature Elective (3 credits)
Communication Elective (3 credits) ; Choose from CMCN 100, 101, 310, or ENGL 360, 365.
Minor Elective (3 credits)*

Total: 30 credits

Junior and Senior Years

FREN 471 – Survey of French Literature I (3 credits)
FREN 421 – French and the Francophone World or FREN 422 - Topics in the Francophone World (3 credits)
Up to five additional FREN Electives at 300- or 400-level (3 credits) in consultation with your advisor

Science Elective (3 credits): Science electives are to be chosen from both biological (BIOL) and physical (CHEM, GEOL, PHYS) sciences, two courses of which must come from the same science.
History Elective (3 credits)
Philosophy/Humanities Elective (3 credits)
Five Minor Electives (3 credits each)*
Four General Electives (3 credits each)
 

Total: 60 credits

*A minor requires a minimum of 18 hours in the subject area, six hours of which must be at the 300/400 level, and students must complete all pre- and co-requisites for minor courses. Note that some minors require specific courses, and some minors require more than 18 hours.